Combined clasp and bodkin



A LIVILANDRER. COMBINED CLASt BODKIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-24, 1919.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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ANNA L. VILANDRER, or sit. PAUL, MINNESOTA. I,

V COMBINED CLASP AND BODKIN'.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 26, 1920;

Application filed September 24, 1919. Serial No. 326,029.

Be it known that I, ANNA L. VILANDRER, a citizen of the United States residing at St. Paul, in the county of Famsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Clasps and Bodkin's, of which the following is a specification. v

This inventlon relates toimprovements in clasps andhas forits object to provide a clasp one member of which forms a bodkin, whereby it may be threaded through a flexible tubing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clasp,'one member of which is provided with a hook to frictionally engage an edge of a flexible tubing in connection with which the clasp is used.

Another object of the invention is to pro-- vide a clasp especially adapted for use with an elastic belt orband, the members of said clasp having integral means whereby the elastic band may be secured thereto.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in a clasp means whereby the.

members thereof may not become accidentally detached from one'another.

Viththe above and "such other objects as may hereinafter more fully appear I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 thereof. Fig. 3 is a view looking at the opposite side of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 1,

and

Fig. 5 is a section similar to a line taken on 55 of Fig. 3 but showing a slight modification of the invention.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and in the several views in the drawings in which- 2 1 indicates my improved clasp, which comprises complemental members .2 and 3, the latter being adapted to serve as a bodkin, the outer ends 4 and 5 of each member terminating in loops 6 and 7 respectively for engagement with an elastic or other band 8. Said ends 4 and 5 have extenslons 9, 10, 11

' and 12 projecting integrally from each side thereof, said extensions having teeth 13 which are adapted to be turned at right anglee thereto, so that when said members 9 to 12 are bent upon the ends 4 and 5 the teeth are projected through the ends of the elastic band 8 as indicated in Fig. 4, whereby the said members2 and 3 respectively may besecured to the ends of the elastic web 8. The.

head 14 but slightly spaced apart therefrom so as to receive the arrow-head 18 on the inner end of the member 3, said head 18 being formed wider than the shank 19 of said memberB in order that its ends may engage under the arms 15 and 16.

i The central portion, of the head 14, is provided with a nib 20 adapted to seat in the recess 21 formed in the opposingsurface of the head 18, said nib being adapted to snap into the recess 21, the members being held in engagement with one another by the spring pressure of the arms 15 and 16. This snap arrangement will prevent accidental separation of the-members'14 and 18, however, said members can readily be forced apart by pressing members2 and 3 toward one another. The body part of member 2 is provided with an integral hook-like tongue or clip 22 struck out therefrom and projecting in an oppositedirection to the nib 20. This tongue or clip is adapted to frictionally engage the material 23 which forms one wall of a flexible tubing such for instance as the draw string tubing of a-shirt waist or skirt, or other garment, thus the tension of the elastic band 8 will be prevented from drawing the member 2 into the tubing when the clasps are unfastened. A

similar hook-like tongue or clip arrange-- ment 24 is provided on the member 3.

It is to be understood that the hooks 22 and 24 may be eliminated in this device where it is used for connection with an ordinary elastic belt andu'in cases where it is,

not usedthrough a flexible tubing.

The purpose of the arrow-head or arcuate might because of a certainleverage action ence to cause the spring action 'ofa'rms 15 V and 16, in order that the members'may be held normally snapped together.

The above described clasp is intended pri-.

marily for a garment closure-clasp where a drawstring, to the ends of which the clasp members are -secured,-is run through afieXible tubing provided in the garment. The clasp member 3, which is fixedly secured to one end'of the elastic drawstring 8, may be readily threaded through said flexible tubing so that the clasp vmembers will be exposed at the respective ends or" the tubing to be interengaged to retain the drawstring and the garment in place on the. body of the wearer. By providing the clasp member 3 with a rounded. end, as in the form of a bodkin, it maybe quickly run through the flexible tubing -to conveniently drag the drawstring through the "tubing. The tongues or clips 22 and 24 on the bodies of members 2 and 3 are shown projecting in opposite directions when the members 2 and 3 are connected together (Fig; 2) whereby.

said tongues or clips may respectively engage the adjacent ends of the tubing of the garment containing the drawstring to prevent the clasp members from being drawn 1nt0 the tubing when said members are disengaged. My improvements are simple and cheap to'manufacture, are eas ly operated and enable'the drawstring to be readily removed when the garment is to be washed and coni eniently replaced in the tubing for use.

Having now described my invention that whichI claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is .1. A garment closuredevice comprising a' band adapted to'be threaded through a flexible tubing in the garment, clasp members attached to the ends of said band and having means to detachably connect said members, and means on said members between said connecting means and the band to en-" gage the tubing whereby they may be held against accidental Withdrawal into said 2. A garment closure device comprising a end to an end of the band and having means I at the opposite ends to detachably connect said members, said members having projections between said connecting means and the band to engage a garment'tubing in which the band is located.

3. A garment closure device comprising a band and clasp members each attachedat one end to an end of the band and having means at the opposite ends to detachably connect said members, said members having clipsbetween said connecting means and the band respectively projecting toward the ends of the members attachedito the band to engage adjacent ends of a garment tubingin which the band is located;

4. A clasp comprising a pair of members having means to detachably connect them together and provided with clips spaced from the corresponding connecting means to engage a' garment tubing. r a V 5. A clasp comprising a pair of members having complemental meansto detachably connect "them together, each member being provided with a' hook like clip projecting in thedirection away from said connecting means of said member to engage a garment tubing. 7 V

6. A clasp consisting of a pairof members, one of said members having a bodkin head and the other member having clips "for engaging said head, interengaging means whereby said members are locked together,

integral means on said members whereby the same may be secured to an elastic or other band, a spring clip carried by each of said members, and projecting toward the ad jacent end of the band. 7 T

7. The described device consisting of a band, coacting clasp members the ends of which are attached to the ends of the band, in combination. with means to engage a tubing through which the band is adapted to be threaded to prevent accidental withdrawal of the ends of the device into the tubing, said means consisting of clips formed on said clasp members adapted to grip the edge of the tubing. I .1 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MRS. ANN A L. VILANDRER. Witnesses: T

HARRY BEGG, I SUE -MURRAY. 

